The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-26

eson, held the scales Of justics, offered The
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have men trained carefully II they are 70
play worther part in the1s careers. And
the study Of these laws Of nature perfects
the process Of labor, renders them more
men whose instruments are not the hammer
and the saw, but the pen and the compessee.
The workingman begins TO zee that this 10
true. But he turns upon me and says,
Where Il my consolation, my dignityT
And reply, You have seen the workingman
curse hi, lot, the wcrtingman without Without re-. !.
in and from religion. Religion comes 10 you
and says, Workingman, you are great. And
this IL why you are great because God hath
given to no other class Of men to resemble
Him as closely a. you do. If you doubt
what religion says look at the work OF God
Was not God workman when He spread
forth the heavens and laid the foundations
of the earth, and sowed the soil with seed,
and took clay to form the body Of man
That is the beginning Of your dignity.
You have but to raise your eyes from your
work to the heavens, and there you see
your prototype; you are workman like
but q workman with God. He has left 1t to
you to work with Him to complete His work.
God has placed in the earth the germ Of life (;
It is left to you to bring II to perfection in
the fruits Of the earth. He has buried the
metals deep; il Is left to you to bring them
has laid the seams of coal; it is left to you to
draw them out to kindle them to further
your industries. The workingman may
hear, II he will, the voice divine: "Thou art q
fellow-worker with me. ] create, thou trans
formest. begin, thou completest." Or
- 4. - n, s,,S xyra,ny
lot that you are. born to labor. How did
the Redeemer begin the work of redemption
BY life of labor for thirty years. And when
He would enter upon His special work, how
did He equip himself2 His first worshipers
had been shepherds; His first associates in
Ss t9s work Sf wsFs
yourselves, What was labor before Christian
ity? 1t was slavery it was dishonor. There
were cases where, for special reasons, its
dignity was recognised witness Gncinnatus
and his plow. But Plato called It illiberal /;
aristotle called dit i iliberal Cicero called
without Christianity The Brahmin would
consider himself contaminated if he la
bored the North American Indian despises
labor, and leaves it to his women, whom he
treats as slaves. Religion, then, is your
true friend, for it reveals to you your dig
nifty.
But what, then, you ask, gives consolation :?
Again, religion. Religion comes to you and
says. "You may. 80 labor for the meat that
perishes as to gain that which lasts for ever"
You sit at night counting your few pence,
the fruit of your hard labor. Religion comes
to you and tells you, Those few pence are
your wages; they. are small and few; but
remember, beyond and above them, you are
gaining Heaven" There is your true conso-
lation. Religion, then, reveals to you your
dignity, and shows to you your consolation.
Religion, therefore, is your true friend.
How often has the workingman raised
his banner, inscribed with the one word
Labor" Labor is not enough. Man must
have fellowship, must have Something that
is not for his body only but for his heart.
Add, therefore, on your banner the word
"Union." But that is not enough. Men
must have some solid base on which he may
safely rest everything. Add, then, on your
banner the word "Religion." When the
workingman goes forth under that banner
deed become a rich man, but he will In never
again be miserable wretch.